Vinson Chiu (born August 8, 1998) is an American badminton player. He won a silver medal with his partner
Joshua Yuan in the men's doubles at the
2022 Pan Am Championships. Chiu also won a silver and a bronze at the 2016
Pan Am Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and mixed doubles. Chiu currently plays mixed doubles with
Jennie Gai
Jennie Gai (born February 25, 2001) is an American badminton player who competes in international level events. She was a gold medalist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and won six titles in the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships (U11 girl ...
. They won their first title together at the
Mexican International Challenge in 2021.
The duo won the silver medal in the mixed doubles at the
2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, s ...
.
Chiu also once partnered with Indonesian legend
Tony Gunawan
Tony Gunawan (; born 9 April 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title.
Career ...
and they went onto win the
U.S. International
The U.S. International (officially Yonex / K&D Graphics International) is an open international badminton tournament held in Orange County, California, United States. This tournament previously a BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold, Grand Prix level ...
in 2017.
Achievements
Pan American Games
''Mixed doubles''
Pan Am Championships
''Men's doubles''
Pan Am Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 8 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
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BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
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1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from California
American sportspeople of Chinese descent
American male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in badminton